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United States Patent | 5,662,973 |
Weder | September 2, 1997 |
A container for holding a floral grouping. The most generally a vase, is formed from a sheet of material and has an outer peripheral wall which extends from the closed lower end to the open upper end. The peripheral wall comprises a plurality of folds in the sheet of material with adjacent portions of at least some of the folds being connected via a bonding material to form connected folds, which connected folds cooperate to maintain the vase in the shape of a vase. The container preferably has a bonding material disposed on a portion of the bottom surface of the vase for enabling the vase to be bondingly connected to a surface in a vertical orientation.
Inventors: | Weder; Donald E. (Highland, IL) |
Assignee: | Southpac Trust International, Inc. () |
Appl. No.: | 242583 |
Filed: | May 13, 1994 |
Current U.S. Class: | 428/36.9; 428/36.91; 428/36.92 |
Intern'l Class: | B29D 023/00 |
Field of Search: | 428/34.1,35.8,36.9,36.91,36.92 47/66,72 206/44 K,44 B,423,499 |
4773182 | Sep., 1988 | Weder et al. | 47/72. |
Foreign Patent Documents | |||
2589436 | May., 1987 | FR. |